110 DISEASES OF THE GREYHOUND. 



closely allied to hydrophobia, that it is very difficult to distinguish 

 the two ; nor is it quite clear that they really are distinct affec- 

 tions. One thing is, however, clear, namely, that dogs are 

 sometimes attacked by brain symptoms resembling those of 

 rabies, and yet seem incapable of propagating the disease by 

 salivary inoculation. Where, therefore, it is pretty clear that 

 the dog attacked cannot have been previously bitten, it is well to 

 hope that the inflammation is not of a specific character. This is 

 the only guide with which I am acquainted, and indeed, after all, 

 is generally a very fallacious one ; but among greyhounds which 

 are constantly supervised phrenitis is more easily diagnosed than in 

 other dogs. It must, however, be remembered that hydrophobia 

 is sometimes developed spontaneously, as we shall presently see. 



BABIES, HYDROPHOBIA, OR CANINE MADNESS. 



The first and last of these terms can only be considered correct, 

 for the second leads to erroneous ideas of the nature of the 

 disease, which is not attended with any 'fear of water,' but, 

 on the contrary, with an insatiable craving for it. This should 

 be generally known, for the sake of the human as well as the 

 canine race, for on the correct diagnosis depends the fate of the 

 dog supposed to be mad, and in great measure also the safety 

 of any man, woman, or child bitten by him since there is 



